More importantly, even assuming arguendo that his conviction is later on affirmed, the same is still insufficient to disqualify him as the "failure to file an income tax return" is not a crime involving moral turpitude.” With regards to moral turpitude, the decision has this to say: Moreover, and as admitted by petitioner, said decision is still pending appeal.”Ĭlearly, the conviction is not yet final as it is still pending appeal. It, however, bears to stress, that the CA only ordered respondent Marcos II to pay a fine for his failure to file his income tax return. 18569,36 the CA acquitted respondent Ferdinand Marcos II of all the four charges for violation of Section 50 and sustained his conviction for all the four charges for violation of Section 45. “It is a matter of record, that in CA-G.R. The following are excerpts from the decision penned by then Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta: He was a member of the Supreme Court when it ruled on the Marcos case in August 2009. BBM will now be immunized from their attacks, courtesy of their “vaccine.”Ĭarpio should know better. After the Comelec dismisses this petition, anything that will come out from the Pinklaws camp will be labeled as black propaganda. That’s how a vaccine works, and that’s about to happen with BBM with the petition they filed. And how come the station allowed such a report to be aired? But in so doing, anyone who would accuse Robredo of paying participants in any of her future events, as a peddler of fake news. Recently, a PR handler of Leni Robredo has also been alleged to be resorting to such tactic when a reporter aired a news report regarding Robredo’s caravan accusing the candidate of paying those who participated in the event as being paid, even without producing a video or sound clip from anyone of the participant issuing such statement. In 2010, the late Noynoy Aquino’s PR handler was accused of producing a fake psychological report, preempting those who might be holding a genuine report from producing their own copies. In PR parlance, a vaccine is considered a deliberate move to attack one’s own client with a negative propaganda which would later turn out to be fake, thus, everything that will be hurled their client’s way will be branded as fake. Unfortunately, they miscalculated the risk as their scheme is about to turn into a vaccine which would immunize Marcos, or BBM to his supporters, from their future attacks. The petitioners themselves having taken cue from a former Associate Justice knows they are bound to fail but are banking on a notion that this would help distract Marcos and put a halt to his surging momentum. If anything, this petition only aims to serve as another propaganda tactic. Our campaign is about nation building,” he stressed, adding that “for Presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos, this election is about the future of the Filipino people.”Īnyway, this writer doesn’t believe this petition will fly as it has long been resolved by the Supreme court. Our camp does NOT engage in gutter politics. “Until then, we will refrain from commenting on their propaganda. “We shall address this predictable nuisance Petition at the proper time and forum – after we receive the OFFICIAL copy of the same,” Rodriguez’s statement read. This writer sought the reaction of the Marcos camp, but lawyer Vic Rodriguez says they’d rather answer the issue at the proper forum.
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The election code disqualifies a person who has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. 1994, which amended the 1977 tax code upon which Marcos was convicted as they stressed that failure to file ITRs for multiple years is a crime of moral turpitude. The petitioners cited the 1985 Presidential Decree No. In their three-page petition, they argued that Marcos should be disqualified for having misrepresented his eligibility in his CoC, as having been convicted of “a crime which carries a penalty of perpetual disqualification from public office and for his repeated violations of the NIRC (National Internal Revenue Code) and his continued evasion/non-payment of taxes renders his conviction as one involving moral turpitude.” from running in next year’s presidential election.Īpparently, they took cue from former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio who was the first to voice his opinion regarding the possibility of Marcos’ disqualification due to his earlier “conviction” for failure to file an income tax return and non-payment of deficiency taxes. The other day, staunch critics of the Marcoses filed a petition before the Commission on Elections seeking to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.